[Users] Unable to delete IMAP sub-folders

Andrej Kacian andrej at kacian.sk
Wed Dec 21 14:41:52 CET 2016


On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:24:21 -0500
<edwardp at linuxmail.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:57:25 +0100
> Andrej Kacian <andrej at kacian.sk> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi, what happens when you right-click your IMAP top level folder,
> > and select "Check for new folders", or "Rebuild folder tree"? That
> > should help getting rid of folders that aren't really there.
> > 
> > Regards,  
> 
> Hi Andrej,
> 
> Initially, Claws correctly displayed the main Trash folder, as I never
> did a folder refresh with it, but in selecting Rebuild Folder Tree, it
> then added in the two sub-folders.
> 
> I have separately sent an inquiry to Comcast to find out where the
> folders came from and why I'm not seeing them on their web-based
> interface.

If the folders are still there after this rebuild, then they really are
on the IMAP server - or at least the server says to Claws Mail that
they are.

You can verify that in the network log, which records exact
IMAP responses from the server.

Regards,
-- 
Andrej



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